In 1737 high way robbery was one of the most infamous crimes. It was not a new crime but it became much more known during this period because there were many opportunities to travel and many people that did travel were wealthy and they had to cary the money on the coach as there was no other way to bring there money.
The Image of the highwayman
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Dick TurpIn
English robber, was born in 1706 at Hempstead, near Saffron Walden, Essex, where his father kept an alehouse. He was apprenticed to a butcher, but, having been detected at cattle stealing, joined a notorious gang of deer stealers and smugglers in Essex. This gang also made a practice of robbing farmhouses, terrorizing the women in the absence of their husbands and brothers, and Turpin took the lead in this class of outrage
The reality
Why did highway robbery grow and then decline?
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Highway Robbery
Introduction
The Image of the highwayman
The reality
Why did highway robbery grow and then decline?
Factors explaining the development of highway robbery:
Factors explaining the disappearance of the highwayman:
The effects of the Bloody Code on the Highwayman